iPad 4 128 GB announced!

More and more apps are growing in size. I like to carry. Few movies with me and of course my music. Since the 3G I always had about half of the 16gb free (my 3G, 4, and now 5 were/are 16gb) but recently just by adding a half dozen apps I am almost full. I would welcome a 128gb iPhone to throw one or two more movies on.

iPad 4 128 GB announced!

Everyone's use will be different. Just because someone doesn't use more than 16gb doesn't mean everyone else is the same. Or vice Versa. I have a 64gb ipad and I hear it all the time. "Why do you need so much".

I have around 20gb in books and magazines (some new books are coming in at GB's in size), 10gb in apps, around 20-30gb in photo backups using the camera connection kit (I'm a photographer and I back up to iPad and MBA on the go). I'm maxed out on my 64gb and have to shuffle data on/off all the time. Annoying.

I would love the 128gb option so I would be able to do everything I'm doing now plus have movies and TV shows stored on my ipad for when I Travel.

Cloud storage is great, and as a photographer I have around 210gb in cloud storage. But accessing it is slower and more cumbersome than having files locally. Both are great options and have great uses for them (cloud vs local storage)

And again, just because I would use 128gb doesn't mean everyone will or should. Get the size appropriate for your usage and why even criticize another person's storage choice? Just as much as one believes he/she doesn't need over 16gb, one might feel just as strongly that they do. Just a thought.

We live in a work where many people just believe that their way is the only way. Sigh...

Re: iPad 4 128 GB announced!

799 may seem like a lot for a tablet. But if you're thinking of upgrading storage, it's the cheapest per gb of storage you'll get even though it's 300.00 extra.

From 16gb to 32gb, you'll pay 6.25 per extra gb.
From 16gb to 64gb, you'll pay 4.17 per extra gb.
From 16gb to 128gb, you'll pay 2.68 per extra gb.

I've always either gotten a 16gb, cheapest, or 64gb, best value for storage. In the future, i'd go 16gb or 128gb. Depending on your needs of course.

I'd have more of a problem buying a 32gb device (out of all of them) knowing that extra 100 is just going towards 16 extra gb's.

For a Mini though starting at 329, I'm not sure I could add 300 more to it (not that it's being offered). You start getting away from its purpose. Cheap, thin and light. Plus if you upgrade annually, the max storage takes a tumble in resale. The max makes more sense to consider if you plan on keeping it for quite awhile.

Re: iPad 4 128 GB announced!

As a working music artist, I really do need to have a lot of audio files stored locally. I am fortunate that Best Buy honored my return/exchange of the 64 gig, and I now have the 128 gig ipad. The store also told me that as long as the Verizon ver. is available w/in the 30 day return period, I can exchange again, and pay the difference. Music to my ears.

Re: iPad 4 128 GB announced!

Lets see, it costs $100 more to get 128GB instead of 64GB so its a no brainer when it comes to that. I need as much storage as possible since I need to d/l a significant amount of training content for offline viewing for my certifications and with the 128GB version I no longer have to balance what I have app wise vs what I can carry content wise. I can create a huge amount of .pdf's of technical specs to keep for client meetings so again why not. Apps are not getting smaller they are getting bigger and why should I have to delete them every time to make room.